How to film multiple shots with multiple cameras ?and make it look in sequence and smooth?

For example say there is a scene of a man falling over but in the first part he is walking and then you see him about to go down and then the shot changes to a shot of him falling straight away and it looks so smooth and it doesn't look out of place or a jumpcut it looks in sequence? i see this a lot in... show more For example say there is a scene of a man falling over but in the first part he is walking and then you see him about to go down and then the shot changes to a shot of him falling straight away and it looks so smooth and it doesn't look out of place or a jumpcut it looks in sequence? i see this a lot in hollywood movies aswell do they film at the same time with more than one camera recording, say one camera is recording and the other is zoomed in shot which is already recording of the mans fall ? is this how it works? help

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Best Answer: Generally no. Occasionally when there are expensive effects like explosions where cars, buildings or other structures are destroyed they use multiple cameras. Minor stunts are rehearsed and planned with each shot taken by a single camera. Otherwise the camera crew in the closer shot would be visible from the long shot. "Smoothness" is achieved by close attention to continuity and timing in the edit.
Directors don't just think of a sequence then do it. There are sometimes months of planning in the creation of a shot list for a movie.

what "looks" like a smooth shot of someone falling over in a hollywood film is actually the result of multiple takes. once the talent (actor or stunt person) gets one shot down to the directors satisfaction, the camera is moved and the next angle set up. so it is almost always done with one camera, and many, many takes. it might take a whole day just to get one complex stunt effect done that represents only 15 seconds in the final film. that is the main reason actors are not allowed to do stunts, they don't have sufficient kinetic memory to duplicate the same exact motions over and over for multiple takes.